May 2025

In this issue: A peek behind the veil at humanity’s true enemy and the fate of all worlds is in the hands of a damaged veteran.

eARCs

Behind the Veil

Truth is Stranger Than Fiction . . . and It Kills a Whole Lot Faster.

When Lynn Raven set out to win the championship for the groundbreaking augmented reality game TransDimensional Hunter, the worst she thought she’d face was sunburn, mosquito bites, and annoying spectators. The more she plays, though, the higher the stakes become—and the stranger the obstacles she has to face. If Lynn has any hope of coming out alive and on top, she’ll have to up her game—and that of her team—beyond anything she thought possible. And even that might not be enough.

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Blood and Fate

You Can’t Always Get What You Want . . .

After saving the world (again), Thomas Quinn wants nothing more but to return to a quiet life, be forgotten by the world, and run his little shop of esoteric goods in Philadelphia. When he accidentally uncovers a problem in the source of magic itself, he’s called upon to figure out what it all means. His investigation takes him back to the Otherworld, where he tangles with a beautiful and mysterious Faerie maiden, monsters of myth and legend, the dangerous intricacies of Fae hospitality, beings once regarded as gods, and eventually the nature of reality itself.

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New Free Fiction at Baen.com

Free Fiction

THIS MEANS WAR

Harper’s life-long dream is just over the horizon. She wants to be a dragon rider in her nation’s military, riding to save those downed behind enemy lines. But no one rides alone, and Harper must navigate all the challenges––both institutional and interpersonal—that make prospects wash out.

Read “This Means War,” Melissa Olthoff’s story set in her Griffin Corps universe, and a prequel detailing some of the first weeks Harper and her classmates spend in the Tennessean Academy.

Read “This Means War” by Melissa Olthoff here.

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Behind the Veil

Behind the Veil
John Ringo & 
Lydia Sherrer

When Lynn Raven set out to win the championship for the groundbreaking augmented reality game TransDimensional Hunter, the worst she thought she’d face was sunburn, mosquito bites, and annoying spectators. The more she plays, though, the higher the stakes become—and the stranger the obstacles she has to face. If Lynn has any hope of coming out alive and on top, she’ll have to up her game—and that of her team—beyond anything she thought possible. And even that might not be enough.

Blood and Fate

Blood and Fate
A.C. Haskins

After saving the world (again), Thomas Quinn wants nothing more but to return to a quiet life, be forgotten by the world, and run his little shop of esoteric goods in Philadelphia. When he accidentally uncovers a problem in the source of magic itself, he’s called upon to figure out what it all means. His investigation takes him back to the Otherworld, where he tangles with a beautiful and mysterious Faerie maiden, monsters of myth and legend, the dangerous intricacies of Fae hospitality, beings once regarded as gods, and eventually the nature of reality itself.

Flag in Exile

Flag in Exile
David Weber

The People’s Republic of Haven is rising from defeat to threaten Grayson anew, and the newborn Grayson Navy needs her experience desperately. It’s a call Honor cannot refuse, yet even as she once more accepts the duty whose challenges she fears she can no longer meet, powerful men who hate and fear the changes she’s brought to their world are determined to reverse them. They have a plan . . . and for it to succeed Honor Harrington must die.

Storm Furies

Storm Furies
Wen Spencer

The oni have invaded Pittsburgh on Elfhome, as was prophesied. But the prophecy was big on symbols and light on specifics. Now Tinker and her allies are doing the best they can to defend the city and the civilians caught in the crossfire of a war between elves that’s been brewing for centuries. All the pieces in this deadly game are in place—and everyone trusts Tinker will save them. All she needs is a plan. And then the lights go out, and the storm begins to rage. . . .

The Eccentrics

The Eccentrics
Tim Akers

The Society of Eccentric Geniuses protects the Mundane world from the horrors of the Gestalt, a timeline of the future that never was. Powered by science and steam, the Eccentrics travel the world in their airship, righting wrongs and rescuing the troubled, often from monsters of their own creation. Now something new threatens the Gestalt, and they need help from John Rast and the heroes of Knight Watch. Will John be able to navigate a world of clockwork and science to save the day? Or will he fall into the clutches of a madman bent on remaking both the Gestalt and the Unreal in his own image?

 

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